Creative Arts Therapist Level II

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

NYC Health + Hospitals is seeking a qualified Creative Arts Therapist to provide therapeutic services using art, music, drama, dance or poetry. Under direction, you will develop and deliver group and individual therapies, assess patients, and participate in treatment planning with an interdisciplinary team.

You will maintain progress notes, reports, and QA/PI activities, and may supervise volunteers and interns. Licensure as an NYS Creative Arts Therapist is required.

Qualifikationen

• Valid NYS license or limited permit to practice creative arts therapy.
• Two years of full-time professional experience in creative arts therapy (Assignment Level II).
• Assignment Level III requires an additional year of experience.

Aufgaben

• Develops and implements therapeutic group/individual therapy programs utilizing creative arts therapy.
• Assess patients' strengths and functioning to guide treatment planning.
• Write progress notes and maintain records; participate in QA/PI activities.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary treatment team to formulate comprehensive plans.
• Supervise volunteers, interns or auxiliary staff as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Professional development

Ausbildung

Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT) NYS

Jobbeschreibung

Marketing Statement

Since 1875, South Brooklyn Health has established its reputation for clinical excellence and culturally competent care. It has designations as a Certified Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Center, an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, an accredited Baby-Friendly Hospital, a U.S. News & World Report high performing hospital. The hospital's staff is as diverse as the patients they serve. Interpreter services can be provided at any time of the day or night in over 130 languages.

Marketing Statement

Since 1875, South Brooklyn Health has established its reputation for clinical excellence and culturally competent care. It has designations as a Certified Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Center, an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, an accredited Baby-Friendly Hospital, a U.S. News & World Report high performing hospital. The hospital's staff is as diverse as the patients they serve. Interpreter services can be provided at any time of the day or night in over 130 languages.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position

This class of positions encompasses professional and/or supervisory work of varying degrees of difficulty in the operation of a creative arts therapy department providing therapeutic services through the utilization of various modalities, principles and techniques specific to the creative arts therapy discipline. All personnel perform related work. Under direction, with broad latitude for independent judgment and decision making, performs difficult and responsible professional work in the creative arts therapy discipline.

Examples Of Typical Tasks

At a higher level, performs the duties of Assignment Level I:

• Establishes and implements comprehensive therapeutic group/individual therapy programs utilizing principles and practices of creative arts therapy.
• Conducts individual assessments of patient’s strengths and weaknesses to evaluate social, cognitive, psychological and physical functioning through the creative arts process.
• Develops treatment goals and objectives based on initial and ongoing assessments designed to improve functioning through the utilization of the techniques unique to the creative arts therapy discipline.
• Implements therapeutic interventions utilizing art, music, drama, dance or poetry as a modality to facilitate the patient’s attainment of goals articulated in the patient treatment plans.
• Participates as an active member of the interdisciplinary treatment team by attending meetings and contributing to the formulation of individual patient comprehensive treatment plans.
• Writes regular progress notes on patient’s behavior and responses to treatment goals.
• Prepares and maintains records, progress reports, statistical information and participates in departmental and facility-wide quality assurance/performance improvement (QA/PI) activities.
• Prepares supply requisitions and maintains inventories of equipment and supplies as designated.
• May be assigned to coordinate and supervise the activities of auxiliary staff in related therapeutic disciplines.
• May be assigned to instruct and supervise volunteers, interns and students in the areas of creative arts therapy.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Duties

In addition to performing the duties of Assignment Level I at a higher level, as described above, also performs the following typical tasks:

• Serves as a professional resource to Creative Arts Therapists in the development and implementation of specialized treatment interventions utilizing non-verbal, diagnostic and expressive techniques.
• Provides consultation for complex cases in the evaluation of social, cognitive, psychological and physical functioning through the creative arts therapy process.
• Monitors, documents and evaluates the attainment of creative arts therapy goals as part of the therapeutic process.
• May represent the department at conferences, workshops, hospital or community functions; reports actions and findings to department.
• May develop and conduct departmental training programs to introduce new developments and techniques within the creative arts therapy discipline.
• May be assigned to function as a primary therapist, as long as practicing within the boundaries of professional competency, as specified in the New York State Education Law, Article 163, Section 8407.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Assignment Level I

• A valid License or Limited Permit issued by the New York State Education Department to practice as a Creative Arts Therapist. Employees working with a Limited Permit must obtain

Licensure within two years from their date of appointment.

Assignment Level II

• A valid License issued by the New York State Education Department to practice as a Creative Arts Therapist; and
• Two years of full-time, paid, professional experience in creative arts therapy.

Assignment Level III

In addition to meeting the requirements for Assignment Levels II, Assignment Level III

Requires

• One additional year of experience.

Department Preferences

• Demonstrate commitment to continued professional development.
• Effective communication skills, oral and written
• Ability to establish successful interpersonal relationship with patients and coworkers